In article <mailman.1576.1274458128.21153.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>, Hoover Chan <hc...@mail.ewind.com> wrote:
> Thanks for this and all the other input. > > When you say "regular Web browser", it's safe to conclude that Firefox, IE > and Safari are all included in this category? If so, then yes, that is the > target audience. Right. I think the only place where NAPTR is used is in Internet telephony. The design allows for using it for web URL rewriting, but it's not used for that in practice. > > I have an odd (and frustrating) situation where I manage the DNS for a Web > service that's housed outside of my institution who for some reason doesn't > want to configure virtual hosting. A workaround was (actually in place at > this moment) to point DNS to a Web server I manage and do the appropriate > virtual hosting config and redirect. However, the group that manages the > content for that Web server somehow doesn't want to it this way. > > Oh well. Tell them "too fucking bad". This is how DNS and the web work. DNS translates names to IPs, not to URLs. -- Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
